John K : 448 books
Developing Early Comprehension
Laying the Foundation for Reading Success
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
How does early comprehension develop in young children, and how can we better prepare preschoolers to become successful readers? This important volume compiles today's best research on the often-overlooked topic of prereader comprehension: what we know about it now, and what we need to know to build...
by Jeannine K. Brown, Mark Strauss, John Walton
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
The Teach the Text Commentary Series utilizes the best of biblical scholarship to provide the information a pastor needs to communicate the text effectively. The carefully selected preaching units and focused commentary allow pastors to quickly grasp the big idea and key themes of each passage of...
by Robert Plummer, Mariam Kamell, C. D. "Jimmy" Agan III
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Our understanding of the love of God has been tragically distorted. The comfortable, sentimentalized version we commonly encounter today is far from the biblical depiction of God’s love. Featuring contributions from well-known evangelical scholars, this multi-disciplinary study presents the biblical...
Psychology of Adjustment
The Search for Meaningful Balance
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Psychology of Adjustment: The Search for Meaningful Balance combines a student focus with state-of-the-art theory and research to help readers understand and adjust to life in a context of continuous change, challenge, and opportunity. Incorporating existential and third wave behavioral psychology...
From Insurgency to Stability
Volume II: Insights from Selected Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2011
This book examines six case studies of insurgencies from around the world to determine the key factors necessary for a successful transition from counterinsurgency to a more stable situation. The authors review the causes of each insurgency and the key players involved, and examine what the government did right--or wrong--to bring the insurgency to an end and to transition to greater stability.
Les Origines Des Eaux De Source Dans Le Monde
Un Dialogue Entre Le Grand Erudit Et Humaniste M. Amin Sheikho Et Le Philosophe Du Vingtième Siècle Sir John G. B
Language: French
Release Date: January 9, 2015
- Pourauoi Dieu Tout-puissant a-t-Il créé cet univers? - N'est-ce pas pour un grand objet que Dieu nous a crees? - Lousque l'homme ouvre un commerce, n'est- ce pas por faire des bénéfices? - Alors, pour quel bénéfice suprême Dieu a-t-Il créé cet univers? - Toute action de l'homme vise un...
Blended Learning in Practice
A Guide for Practitioners and Researchers
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2019
A guide to both theory and practice of blended learning offering rigorous research, case studies, and methods for the assessment of educational effectiveness.
Blended learning combines traditional in-person learning with technology-enabled education. Its pedagogical aim is to merge the scale,...
The Sociology of Katrina
Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
The second edition of The Sociology of Katrina brings together the nation's top sociological researchers in an effort to deepen our understanding of the modern catastrophe that is Hurricane Katrina. Five years after the storm, its profound impact continues to be felt.
This new edition explores...
North America
The Historical Geography of a Changing Continent
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001
This classic text retains the superb scholarship of the first edition in a thoroughly revised and accessibly written new edition. With both new and updated essays by distinguished American and Canadian authors, the book provides a comprehensive historical overview of the formation and growth of North...
The Toyah Phase of Central Texas
Late Prehistoric Economic and Social Processes
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
In the fourteenth century, a culture arose in and around the Edwards Plateau of Central Texas that represents the last prehistoric peoples before the cultural upheaval introduced by European explorers. This culture has been labeled the Toyah phase, characterized by a distinctive tool kit and a bone-tempered...
by John Polkinghorne, F.R.S., K.B.E.
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Do we live in a world that makes sense, not just now, but totally and forever? If, as scientists now predict, the universe is going to end in collapse or decay, can it really be a divine creation? Is there a credible hope of a destiny beyond death? In this engaging and intellectually scrupulous book,...
Science and the Trinity
The Christian Encounter with Reality
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Most often, the dialogue between religion and science is initiated by the discoveries of modern science-big bang cosmology, evolution, or quantum theory, for example. In this book, scientist-theologian John Polkinghorne changes the discussion. He approaches the dialogue from a little-explored perspective...
by Ramona Cormier, Shannon Dubose, James K. Feibleman
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Karen Tei Yamashita
Fictions of Magic and Memory
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Karen Tei Yamashita’s novels, essays, and performance scripts have garnered considerable praise from scholars and reviewers, and are taught not only in the United States but in at least half a dozen countries in Asia, South America, and Europe. Her work has been written about in numerous disciplines...